Officers’ duty to protect the community from crime and terror is being jeopardised by the time they spend on people in crisis
By: Ian Blair Sir Ian Blair is former commissioner of the Metropolitan police and a crossbench peer ‘Police across England and Wales are now using powers under section 136 of the 1983 Mental Health Act 50% more than they did a decade ago – nearly 30,000 times in 2014-15.’ Photograph: Janine Wiedel/Rex Shutterstock In […]
Plans by the Government to slash benefits for disabled people by £1,500 a year in order to "incentivise" them into work have been defeated in the Lords.
Plans to cut the benefits have been defeated in the House of Lords Peers voted by 283 to 198, a majority of 85, to strike out a clause of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill which would have cut the Employment Support Allowance for people in the Work Related Activity Group by £30 a […]
A perceived crisis in the availability of mental health beds is actually caused by delayed patient discharges, according to an inquiry chaired by former chief executive of the NHS Lord Crisp.
Family tensions, isolation, money worries- these issues always top the festive season ‘stress list’ and cast a shadow over New Year. They can turn what should be a happy time into an ordeal for many, especially those who already have mental health and addiction issues. Throw excessive amounts of alcohol and drugs into the mix and you’re facing a full-blown crisis.
